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To some, freedom means the opportunity to do what they want to do; to most it means not to do read more
To some, freedom means the opportunity to do what they want to do; to most it means not to do what they do not want to do. It is perhaps true that those who can grow will feel free under any condition.
The world is full of cactus, but we don't have to sit on it.
The world is full of cactus, but we don't have to sit on it.
...a man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes.
...a man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes.
The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.
The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.
The positive testimony of history is that the State invariably had its origin in conquest and confiscation. No primitive State read more
The positive testimony of history is that the State invariably had its origin in conquest and confiscation. No primitive State known to history originated in any other manner.
If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.
If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.
All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small read more
All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field.
Despair and misery are static factors. The dynamism of an uprising flows from hope and pride. Not actual suffering but read more
Despair and misery are static factors. The dynamism of an uprising flows from hope and pride. Not actual suffering but the hope of better things incites people to revolt.
Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.
Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.